Gibraltar, Gibraltar
DEGREE TYPE
Master degree
DURATION
1 year
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
Request application deadline
EARLIEST START DATE
Sep 2025
TUITION FEES
GBP 8,785 / per year *
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
* for 2025, international and EU fees will be the same as home fees
Key Summary
Introduction
Green skills are essential for the transition towards a Green Economy. Designed and delivered by expert academics and scientists and in conjunction with local stakeholders, this full-time interdisciplinary programme blends theoretical study with practical, field-based work. You will cover specialist subject areas and gain the skills required to tackle the complex issues associated with the sustainable development of terrestrial and near-coastal ecosystems.
The overall aims of the MSc Environmental Science & Climate Change programme are to up-skill competent, experienced environmental consultants and managers to meet the growing demand for truly multidisciplinary graduates within the growing environmental sector. Areas in particular need of skilled graduates are the ‘Green Economy’, environmental and wildlife management, area-based tools, environmental and biological conservation, climate change adaptation and ecosystem disaster risk reduction.
QAA Global Accreditation
The University is delighted to have achieved global accreditation from the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education (QAA), the UK’s independent quality body and a global leader in quality assurance for higher education. “In achieving QAA’s global accreditation, the University has displayed its compatibility with international best practice.” Vicki Scott, UK Quality Assurance Agency (QAA) Chief Executive.
Admissions
Scholarships and Funding
The University of Gibraltar hosts or directly offers a limited number of scholarship programmes to support your studies. These scholarships are highly competitive; they are available to support undergraduate, Master’s degree and PhD programmes and are made available to students based on certain criteria.
Curriculum
Expert Teaching
The MSc Environmental Science & Climate Change teaching team brings together a multi-disciplinary group of internationally-recognised specialists in the area of Environmental Science who have extensive expertise in developing and delivering academic programmes in the sciences.
Face-to-face learning
We are committed to providing an excellent learning experience that is personal and participative. That’s why we have decided to continue the face-to-face delivery of our programmes.
Modules
The programme is based on a series of modules in increasing levels of specialism.
- The first part of the programme will focus on Ecology, Conservation and Environmental Management, research skills and methods, marine conservation, sustainability and management of marine ecosystems.
- The second part will concentrate on climate-change impacts, particularly climate change adaptation and ecosystem-based disaster-risk reduction.
- The final section of the Masters programme will involve an independent and original research project, which will be assessed via dissertation and viva.
You will undertake your research project working directly with researchers at the University of Gibraltar and potential external specialists, and (where possible) potentially to carry out your research project abroad.
Course Structure
Semester 1
- Ecology, Conservation and Environmental Management
- Research Skills & Methods (Sciences and Social Sciences)
- Coastal Zone Management: Area Based Marine Tools
Semester 2
- Ecology, Conservation and Environmental Management (continued)
- Marine Systems and Sustainability
- Advanced Climate Change Adaptation & Mitigation
- Ecological Disaster Risk Reduction
- Capstone
Semester 3
- Independent research-based project